Kenny Wilson homered and Brad Glenn had an RBI triple, but the Fisher Cats' bullpen struggled again in a 6-5 walk-off loss to the Reading Fightin Phils (3-2) on Tuesday night. The defeat is the second of the walk-off variety on the opening road trip for the Fisher Cats (2-3), leaving the team with three straight losses heading into the finale of the trip on Wednesday night.

The Phils took the lead first in the team's first meeting of the season, a meeting that featured Aaron Sanchez against the highly-rated Jesse Biddle. Tommy Joseph greeted Sanchez with a homer to lead off the second inning. The next batter, Brock Stassi, singled, and the Phils brought him around on a ground out, wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly to take a 2-0 lead.

New Hampshire answered right back in the third with Wilson's home run against Biddle. Jonathan Jones and Aaron Munoz singled in the bottom of the order. Wilson followed with a home run into the wind to left field to put New Hampshire on top 3-2.

New Hampshire added to its lead in the sixth when Brad Glenn tripled home John Berti for a 4-2 advantage. Glenn's triple gave him a hit in the first five games of the year. Berti would finish the night with three stolen bases and a pair of hits.

From that juncture, a 4-2 New Hampshire lead, the Phils got to the Fisher Cats bullpen. Casey Lawrence allowed a run in the seventh, his second inning of work. Tyler Ybarra, holding on to a 4-3 lead, allowed a run in the eight to even the game at 4-4.

The Fisher Cats weren't deterred, however. In the ninth, facing Ryan O'Sullivan (W; 1-0), Kevin Nolan singled to center, and then took third on Jones' second hit of the night. Michael Crouse followed with a fly ball to deep right, scoring Nolan to put the good guys back on top, 5-4.

The Fightin Phils, much like the Fisher Cats, were not deterred either. They rallied for two in the bottom of the ninth against Scott Gracey (L; 0-1). Stassi brought home the tying run with a double to right-center. Two batters later, with the bases loaded, Anthony Hewitt singled over the head of Jones in left field to plate the winning run.

The Fisher Cats now need to win the finale of the rain-shortened two-game series to earn a split of the first road trip. Right-hander Deck McGuire (1-0, 0.00) will go for his 18th career Fisher Cats victory against Reading righty Severino Gonzalez (0-0, 1.80). First pitch is at 6:35 p.m.